Ian is a trauma-informed psychotherapist and clinical supervisor specialising in sexual compulsivity, sexual addiction, and harmful sexual behaviour. Based in the Midlands and serving clients across the UK via face to face and secure online sessions, Ian has over ten years’ experience working with individuals struggling with obsessive compulsive sexual behaviours, paraphilia, intrusive sexual thoughts, and those arrested for online sexual offences. He also provides specialist support for family members affected by these issues, helping them navigate the psychological and relational impact.

As a clinical supervisor, Ian provides specialist consultation and oversight for therapists and practitioners working in this field.

Trauma-Informed Therapy for Sexual Compulsivity and Sexual Offending Behaviour

Ian offers a compassionate, non-judgmental approach, creating a safe space where clients can explore their struggles. One of his strengths is his ability to help clients navigate complex emotional terrain and discover who they really are beneath their difficulties. He attributes this partly to his neurodivergence—he tends to think laterally and see situations from unexpected angles, which helps clients gain new perspectives on their own experiences.

Clinical Approach

Ian takes an integrative, trauma-informed approach to treating sexual offending behaviour and sexual compulsivity. He recognises that harmful sexual behaviour is often rooted in trauma, attachment disruption, and unprocessed emotional pain. Rather than a purely behavioural focus, his work addresses the underlying psychological drivers—exploring shame, identity, relational patterns, and the trauma history that may have contributed to the behaviour.

His integrative, evidence-based approach draws on multiple therapeutic modalities, tailored to each client’s needs and readiness for change. Treatment encompasses trauma processing, relapse prevention, and therapeutic work focused on understanding and transforming the patterns that sustain harmful sexual behaviour and compulsivity. This approach is particularly effective for individuals working through the psychological aftermath of arrest or conviction, helping them rebuild identity and process complex shame.

Areas of Specialisation

• Treating Sexual Offending Behaviour
• Sexual Addiction & Porn Addiction
• Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder (CSBD)
• Paraphilia & Intrusive Sexual Thoughts
• Online Sexual Offences and Behaviours
• Obsessive Sexual Thoughts and Compulsive Behaviour
• Processing Guilt and Shame
• Aftermath of Arrest and/or Conviction
• Rebuilding Identity and Processing Complex Shame
• Family Impact and Relationship Repair

Locations:

Face to Face: Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, London, Birmingham, Manchester
Online: Available across the UK via secure Zoom sessions

Therapy Sessions

• Session Length: 50 minutes
• Fees: £90 per session
• Format: Face to face (Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, London, Birmingham, Manchester) or secure online via Zoom
• How to Book: By phone, email or my contact page.

Clinical Supervision for Practitioners

Ian also provides specialist clinical supervision for therapists, counsellors, and practitioners working with individuals who have committed, or been arrested for, sexual offences. Working in this field presents unique clinical, ethical, and emotional challenges. Supervision with Ian offers a confidential space to navigate complex cases, manage risk, and sustain your practice.

Supervision with Ian covers:

• Case formulation and risk assessment with sexual offenders
• Relapse prevention and treatment planning
• Managing denial, minimization, and therapeutic resistance
• Navigating the criminal justice system and multi-agency work
• Countertransference, compassion fatigue, and practitioner wellbeing
• Ethical dilemmas, duty of care, and safeguarding
• Building therapeutic alliance with perpetrators

Clinical Supervision

• Session Length: 60 minutes
• Format: Individual or group supervision via Zoom
• Fees: £90
• How to Book: By email or my contact page.

Why Choose Ian as Your Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor?

Ian combines extensive clinical training with a profound understanding of the real-world consequences of sexual compulsivity, sexual offending behaviour, and arrests for sexual offences—family breakdown, employment loss, relationship rupture, and the psychological toll across entire families. He’s trained not just to address the behaviour, but to help you (and your family) process shame, rebuild trust, and move toward lasting change.

He understands that sexual compulsivity and harmful sexual behaviour exist on a spectrum. Whether you’re struggling with intrusive sexual thoughts, compulsive sexual behaviours, paraphilia, or navigating the aftermath of arrest or conviction, Ian meets you where you are. His trauma-informed, evidence-based approach is focused on understanding the underlying drivers of your behaviour so you can address it at the root—and rebuild your life.

Professional Qualifications

• Level 5 Foundation Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Warwick
• BSc Diploma in Working with Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder (CSBD) and Sex Addiction (CPCAB Level 5)
• Certificate in Supervision (NCPS)
• Trained by The Lucy Faithful Foundation (child sexual abuse prevention)
• Trained by StopSo (Specialist Treatment Organisation for Perpetrators and Survivors of Sexual Offending)

Professional Memberships

• British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) — Registered Member
• International Integrative Psychotherapy Association (IIPA)
• The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
• The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (ATSAC)
• National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse (NOTA)
• Specialist Treatment Organisation for Perpetrators and Survivors of Sexual Offending (StopSo)